- Edward Kennedy Ellington
Black, Brown and Beige (1943)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
orch. by Maurice Peress
- 3(III:pic,afl).2+ca.2+bcl.3(III:cbn).asx(barsx)/4.4.3.1/timp.2perc.dmkit/hp/str.jazzdb
- 18 min
- 8th February 2025, Lincoln Center of Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
- 3rd May 2025, Lincoln Center of Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
Scores
Reviews
Peress made the famous prayer “Come Sunday” — which no Black, Brown and Beige suite could credibly ignore — the centerpiece as well as the coda…
26th January 2022
Maurice Peress conducted Duke Ellington's BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE, a work [Ellington] composed for the first concert his band gave at Carnegie Hall in 1943. Hearing it, one realizes again Ellington's great gift for melody. A work may be both emphatic and lovely at the same time. You hear a tune that is clearly patriotic-the premiere was during World War II-and tunes that are sweet and swinging. The performance was crisp and evocative.
Discography
- LabelMusical Heritage Society
- Catalogue NumberMHS 512335T
- ConductorMaurice Peress
- EnsembleAmerican Composers Orchestra
- SoloistFrank Wess, alto saxophone
- LabelMusicmasters
- Catalogue NumberMusicmasters MMD 60176L